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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
10
The Principal Dranch Gace of the Standard is at 22 East Broadeau, Butte. Telephons 42. Advertising svatex fur. sished on application.
Butte daily notes list diverse tidbits from Moser bugpies at Graig's to Kent planes from Orton Bros. Mentions Miss Eturte studio and various addresses, plus local personalities and travels: Olson, Christian Dr. Hammond, Claris block, Hatin Can & Transfer Co, and others. Also reports on marriages, church events, and a state treasurer financial summary with small-town details and receipts.
The district court in Missoula heard the murder case of Lavasseur and his estranged wife, a vaudeville duo previously married in Ami codda. She traveled to Montana with him, stayed two weeks in Butte, and was killed during a struggle when he attempted to seize a revolver. Lavasseur survived a self-inflicted gunshot wound and faced witnesses from Missoula and elsewhere attesting to his character and her alleged threats.
The defense and prosecution drew on multiple witnesses from Missoula and Montana towns to describe Lavasseur and his wife’s volatile relationship, with testimonies about threats, drinking, quarrels, and a deadly shooting. Witnesses included ex-sheriff H W Thompson and deputy W W McCormick, detailing character and past conduct as the case proceeds in Butte.
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